Over the years, I have tried a lot of tools and services (and wasted a lot of money on crappy products). These days, I tend to stick with what you see below. (yes, some of these links are affiliate links)
Web hosts
- Siteground – great for beginners (though the renewal cost will kill ya)
- WPX Hosting — good for when you outgrow Siteground
- Cloudways — fastest cheap hosting I’ve found, but not as user-friendly
- BigScoots — fastest and cheapest managed WordPress hosting I’ve found
Domain Registration
- NameSilo (free WHOIS privacy all the time)
Aged Domains
- Odys Global – get a 100 USD/EUR welcome bonus with this link! (awesome aged domains!)
Email Marketing
Site Logos & Social Media
Cool Plugins I Use
- PostX Pro
- Affiliatable (I recently left this plugin for Lasso)
- Lasso
Keyword Research Tools I Pay For
YouTube Tools
WordPress Themes I Use
- GeneratePress Premium (fastest loading)
- Astra Pro
- Kadence Pro
Content
- My Content Pal (higher priced, but worth it!)
- Clockwork Copy
- Niche Website Builders
- Copy.ai (I hate AI content, but this is the best one that I’ve used in my experiments – I’m not using it for my important sites!)
- Scalenut – it’s like Jasper meets Surfer (I love the content optimization feature)
Site Speed
- WP Rocket
- Imagify
- Cloudflare
- Speedy.Site (save $50 with coupon SKIP50)
Display Ads
- Ezoic (good for sites under 50,000 sessions)
Backlinks
- HARO – it’s free to DIY or build a team
VPN (for when I travel)
Invoicing (for site advertisements and agency clients)
Writing and Creating Ebooks
Notes & Idea Organizing
Hi I just wanted to say a quick thanks for your website and as a total novice,
I really appreciate your website I found a link to be very useful I’m from the UK so a quick question is are some of the links relevant for somebody working on the UK website for example I was looking at I need articles and also the no BS back links I notice is Australian would that still be okay for me in the UK really grateful for your website kind regards David Meadows
Yes, NO-BS has links from sites all over the world, so it doesn’t matter that they’re based out of Australia. With INeedArticles, I don’t think you’re able to specify that you want British English so you’d be better off with Writer Access or another content agency.